Marketing Executive

Starting salary £35k - £40k, 25 days holiday, pension, employee benefits

Marketing Executive - Stoke on Trent

The Company

• My client is a market leading global manufacturer with a people focussed culture and a strong commitment to continuous improvement and professional development.
• They are looking for a creative, dynamic, professional and committed Marketing Executive to join their team, based in Stoke on Trent.

The Role

• As Marketing Executive, you will be responsible for developing marketing plans and programs for several brands, in line with the company's sales and marketing strategy.
• Driving brand awareness and image across various segments & products in line with the corporate branding strategy.
• Execution and the follow-up of the plan to convert Marketing Qualified Leads into Sales Qualified Leads in the B2B market.
• Creating & coordinating marketing tools and content (PR, technical articles, case studies, blogs) for different target groups.
• Collaborate with the sales team in order to define sales supporting communication activities.
• Manage digital content platforms (social media, newsletters, customer trainings) and create new content items to increase online conversions and ranking in google (SEO/SEA).
• Manage the outsourcing of design work, dealing with external agencies.
• Organizing and attending shows and events towards different target groups.

The Candidate

• Degree in marketing or equivalent.
• Experience working within a marketing/related function as Marketing Executive, Marketing Assistant, or similar.
• Good administrative and IT skills (including Microsoft Outlook, PowerPoint, Word & Excel)
• Basic knowledge of CMS Software.
• Excellent verbal and communication skills
• A proactive and can-do attitude, even when working under pressure to multiple or tight deadlines, ensuring all campaigns, events and related marketing activity are delivered accurately and on time.
• Strong commercial outlook and an ability to drive revenue growth through marketing.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and able to work within a diverse team.
• Attention to detail, organisational skills and excellent communication are critical.
• Ability to work with internal stakeholders across the business and build effective working relationships.
• Confident working with multiple external suppliers for the sourcing, printing, design and delivery of all relevant materials.
• Experience working with the full marketing mix: print, online, social and digital.
• Creativity is key, thinking out of the box.
• Customer focused.
• Excellent project management (evidence of this would be advantageous).
• Highly self-motivated, and passionate about trade marketing.
• Competent across all Microsoft Office packages.
• Able to travel to industry events, training and meetings.

If you are looking for an interesting new opportunity with a global business, as their new Marketing Executive, please apply now, quoting VR/05993